Dear Util,

I just added you to the list of my seven favorite utilities. Thank you!

Almut pointed me to the VPS options, I consider to do that and I am busy studying the details and comparing the offers.
But running my own server at home is something I regularly think about every now and then, too. When the first "Mac mini" came out, I purchased one, hoping I could use it as a permanent, silent and economical web machine. But the promised built-in server never worked for me.
I installed the Xampp suite from apachefriends.org and the I didn't explore CGI and SML on it yet, but HTML and PHP documents work fine under http://localhost. But when I try to reach it from outside, I receive an error message. There must be some mistake in my thinking about the mechanics, maybe you can give me a hint:
Well, suppose Xampp is running fine and http://localhost works locally, i.e. in the mac mini browser itself. I go to whatismyip.com and see that my current IP is say 77.250.13.83. I don't have a permanent IP, but that one should be my IP as long as I am online, right? But when I take my laptop and type http://77.250.13.83 into the firefox, it returns an error message. The one it just gave me was: The server under 77.250.13.83 takes too long to post an answer. I guess, this also has to do with the setup of my home environment. The ADSL line from the (tv-cable) modem goes into a wireless router, one line from there enters the mac mini and my laptop is connected wireless.

Sorry Util, of course you are not my personal utility and you shouldn't feel obliged. Thank you again for your kind reply.

In reply to Re^2: The meaning of life, Perl and SML by noknok
in thread The meaning of life, Perl and SML by noknok

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